Folk behind prodding you...

[Wybourn Blade]

First post here, been a lurker for a while but anyway. What do you do when you get folk prodding you from behind telling you to sit down? As an ex-season ticket holder I've only had this problem since buying the individual tickets on the south stand. Although for this season I've enjoyed mostly sitting on redbrik upper as the view is really great. I've had this happen to me twice this season and it has annoyed me so much. First time was at the derby and I sat on the south stand. A lot of people were stood up from the beginning including the ones in front of me as the atmosphere was electric. I was happy standing up. I get a prod from the back to sit down, so I respectfully do. People in front don't so I just get back up. I thought sod it. But this Saturday's cup match against Preson was the time it took the biscuit. Again, on the south stand. We get a penalty and obviously you bloody stand up to watch it. I again get a prod in the back saying they can't see. I sit down, now I can't bleeding see. Both times it has come from gentleman who are getting on in years, I'd say in their late 50's early 60's. I don't like to cause a fuss and try to be respectful but this time I just commented back and said "I can't fucking see now either". Have you guys come across this a lot or is it just a tendency of folk that sit on the south stand? With hindsight I said to the other half I wish I'd have sat down and waited til Sharpy took the spot and just stood up. What are you supposed to do?Join them in not seeing it or be a prick to the guy in front and tell him you can't see either? I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion but I try and be respectful to people but the next time this happens I'm going to have to just ignore it and stand up when I want.

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

First post here, been a lurker for a while but anyway. What do you do when you get folk prodding you from behind telling you to sit down? As an ex-season ticket holder I've only had this problem since buying the individual tickets on the south stand. Although for this season I've enjoyed mostly sitting on redbrik upper as the view is really great. I've had this happen to me twice this season and it has annoyed me so much. First time was at the derby and I sat on the south stand. A lot of people were stood up from the beginning including the ones in front of me as the atmosphere was electric. I was happy standing up. I get a prod from the back to sit down, so I respectfully do. People in front don't so I just get back up. I thought sod it. But this Saturday's cup match against Preson was the time it took the biscuit. Again, on the south stand. We get a penalty and obviously you bloody stand up to watch it. I again get a prod in the back saying they can't see. I sit down, now I can't bleeding see. Both times it has come from gentleman who are getting on in years, I'd say in their late 50's early 60's. I don't like to cause a fuss and try to be respectful but this time I just commented back and said "I can't fucking see now either". Have you guys come across this a lot or is it just a tendency of folk that sit on the south stand? With hindsight I said to the other half I wish I'd have sat down and waited til Sharpy took the spot and just stood up. What are you supposed to do?Join them in not seeing it or be a prick to the guy in front and tell him you can't see either? I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion but I try and be respectful to people but the next time this happens I'm going to have to just ignore it and stand up when I want.

I'd have punched him in the kidneys...

 

[1066blade]

Just find an empty seat somewhere else mate and sit there

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Just find an empty seat somewhere else mate and sit there

Be a bit difficult in the derby.

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

Depends what they're prodding you with

 

[Sean Thornton]

At a cup game a few years ago we went in John Street West for a change. Sat in front of a bloke who never stopped commenting to his mate on one side then turning and saying to the bloke on his other side "l've just said"

Anyway, half time came and they disappeared. I stood up reading the programme and after a while this idiot prodded me in the back and said "will you sit down, l can't see".
The teams hadn't even come out for the second half.

I pointed this out and then suggested that he should keep his hands to himself in future and ask instead.

 

[1889]

See if you can get a seat on the back row?

 

[Carlton Blade]

Chop their hands off.

But seriously, there's not a lot you can do but sit down - unless you're comfortable with 2 hours of uncomfortable/confrontational atmosphere

 

[Wybourn Blade]

Just find an empty seat somewhere else mate and sit there

It's a bit difficult on south stand to do that but maybe I'll just start to check who's behind me and if they look like they can't stand up I'll move haha?

Be a bit difficult in the derby.

Yea, exactly. Even on Saturday against Preston, the south stand where we were sat which was pretty central and there were no seats where we could move.

At a cup game a few years ago we went in John Street West for a change. Sat in front of a bloke who never stopped commenting to his mate on one side then turning and saying to the bloke on his other side "l've just said"

Anyway, half time came and they disappeared. I stood up reading the programme and after a while this idiot prodded me in the back and said "will you sit down, l can't see".
The teams hadn't even come out for the second half.

I pointed this out and then suggested that he should keep his hands to himself in future and ask instead.

Think I'm going to go along these lines next time this happens.

 

[bramptonblade]

Sat there with my son this satdy, what a boring soulless place! Every time you stand up somebody moans, then when you sit down somebody wants to get past to go for a piss!. I will never complain about the family corner again. At least we had a laugh in the second half as my 1/4llb Lamb burger from Pepe's kicked in and created an atmosphere of its own...UTB!

 

[Blade58]

treat yourself to a Taser gun Sean

 

[bladesmanluke]

Recommend to them that you could swap seats so you can stand behind them. If, or more likely when they say no, just continue to stand in front of them.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Chop their hands off.

But seriously, there's not a lot you can do but sit down - unless you're comfortable with 2 hours of uncomfortable/confrontational atmosphere

The trouble with a lot of these older guys in the SS is that they're quite happy shouting loudly about anything that upsets them, letting everyone around them know their "predicament". It can be embarrassing. Yet when the stand on the steps before kick off, blocking them while they're saying hello to Percy and Doreen, Walter and Clive etc, who they've come down on the fucking bus with fifteen minutes earlier, you're "impatient".

 

[Ricky]

If you won't stand up for a penalty fuck off and go to Meadowhall on Saturdays instead.

 

[Bladepicker]

What do you do when you get folk prodding you from behind telling you to sit down?

Depends if they have both hands on your shoulders at the time.

 

[Sean Thornton]

treat yourself to a Taser gun Sean

I can't even get a dog into the ground. How's that gonna work?

 

[bromtom]

This is why I sit at the back. No-one behind, or occasionally like yesterday at the cup if I don't get my seat in time, sit as close to the back as possible. Great view, and the people at the back tend to stand a lot of the time and lean against the wall or backs of their seats.

Also has the added bonus of less people you have to listen too. Back row you don't really hear other people's conversations. Sat in front of some proper annoying lads yesterday, 4 of them in their early twenties, sat down never shut up for 45 minutes about putting stupid bets on, "hahaha I'm gonna put a quid on a throw in in the 3rd minute" then "hahaha I'm going to put 50p on a goal kick in the 5th minute" constantly through the first half, and then they didn't come back for the second half haha, I was so happy.

I can see why properly old people would want you to sit, like if I was in front of an octogenarian I'd probably sit down or ask if they want to swap seats at half time or something, but if you're at a football match I feel like having a chair to sit on is just a bonus, not an instruction, if it's a good game and you're enjoying it you stand up innit.

 

[Eccoblade66]

First post here, been a lurker for a while but anyway. What do you do when you get folk prodding you from behind telling you to sit down? As an ex-season ticket holder I've only had this problem since buying the individual tickets on the south stand. Although for this season I've enjoyed mostly sitting on redbrik upper as the view is really great. I've had this happen to me twice this season and it has annoyed me so much. First time was at the derby and I sat on the south stand. A lot of people were stood up from the beginning including the ones in front of me as the atmosphere was electric. I was happy standing up. I get a prod from the back to sit down, so I respectfully do. People in front don't so I just get back up. I thought sod it. But this Saturday's cup match against Preson was the time it took the biscuit. Again, on the south stand. We get a penalty and obviously you bloody stand up to watch it. I again get a prod in the back saying they can't see. I sit down, now I can't bleeding see. Both times it has come from gentleman who are getting on in years, I'd say in their late 50's early 60's. I don't like to cause a fuss and try to be respectful but this time I just commented back and said "I can't fucking see now either". Have you guys come across this a lot or is it just a tendency of folk that sit on the south stand? With hindsight I said to the other half I wish I'd have sat down and waited til Sharpy took the spot and just stood up. What are you supposed to do?Join them in not seeing it or be a prick to the guy in front and tell him you can't see either? I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion but I try and be respectful to people but the next time this happens I'm going to have to just ignore it and stand up when I want.

We got told to sit down at kick off. Yes we were singing "greasy chip butty" no wonder the atmosphere is poor.

 

[Grappler]

Sat there with my son this satdy, what a boring soulless place! Every time you stand up somebody moans, then when you sit down somebody wants to get past to go for a piss!. I will never complain about the family corner again. At least we had a laugh in the second half as my 1/4llb Lamb burger from Pepe's kicked in and created an atmosphere of its own...UTB!

lovely stuff.........

 

[Carlton Blade]

If you won't stand up for a penalty fuck off and go to Meadowhall on Saturdays instead.

And so say all of us

 

[sitwell]

Happens a lot at concerts , there is always that difficult period when people decide to stand up or not, typically as soon as you get up they play a slow song and the whole palava starts again

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

If, say, the Gentleman concerned was 59. And, say, he'd been born in 1958. Then he'd have been going to away games in, say, 1978. When he was 20. As you're probably aware, that was before seats & toilets were installed in most football grounds. He'd have probably had to endure the odd one or two unsegregated grounds. Maybe, Elland Rd for example. Anyway, if he's that old, he probably knows nowt. Just prod him back & stand up.
All the best....

 

[BushBlade]

I tend to see it as South Stand has always been seated so you should sit down. The kop is a bit more of a free for all and you just have to be prepared to go with the majority. We really need to get safe standing introduced though so people get the choice.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

It's a bit difficult on south stand to do that but maybe I'll just start to check who's behind me and if they look like they can't stand up I'll move haha?



Yea, exactly. Even on Saturday against Preston, the south stand where we were sat which was pretty central and there were no seats where we could move.



Think I'm going to go along these lines next time this happens.

Swap seats with the prodder, he can then prod the next person in front of him and so on and so on till he's prodding Wilder.

 

[BanbridgeBlade]

While I would love to stand all game you have to understand it’s an all SEATER stadium.

Some people (myself included) like to stand, sing & shout for 90 minutes.

But you have to respect that just because people want to sit & support they are no less a supporter than you or I.

Takes all sorts & it’s the same in every ground

 

[Grappler]

While it is nothing to do with people standing up, there is a bloke a few rows behind me on the south stand, who spent most of last season, and the start of this season, shouting "fuck off Coutts", every time Coutts got the ball. I am not sure why he hated him, but even when Coutts did a beautiful pass, the bloke would shout "fuck off Coutts". Bizarre.

There is another bloke a few rows in front of me, always leaves about 10 minutes before the end, stands up and shouts to his mate a few rows away "I'm off, do you want a lift?", "you what?", "I said, I'm off, do you want a lift?", "no thanks pal", "what?", "I said no thanks pal, I'm staying", "did you say you're staying?", "yes mate", "ok, see you next week".

His mate has never, to my knowledge, accepted his offer of a lift in the last decade.

 

[Bladesman]

There are some real moaning old gits in the South Stand who give it the bigger blade crap when someone new sits near them for a match. They feel that having a season ticket means they also own the seats infront of them.

I moved my ST to the back of the South Stand so I don't have to put up with them.

 

[Ricky]

Basically, never go anywhere where you have to sit down.

Don't get your tickets where it's highly likely to be populated by BOBs (Boring Old Bastards - who obviously never stood up when they were younger). Unfortunately these types infest the Kop as well as all the other stands, so even if you move to the Kop, you have to go to the back, to be among the pitifully small minority who bother to stand at our home games. Other than that, just go on the back row of the other stands or wherever there's space. There's always somewhere.

Of course you can simply offer to swap seats, but the fuckwits usually respond with something pathetic like "I paid for this one".

Away from home, just go to the back of one of the aisles and squeeze yourself in somewhere.

It's awful how accepted and normal sitting down has become, regardless of stand, regardless of game, regardless of situation. It's a wider football issue but it just feels like our fans are getting less and less passionate, more and more passive, and are disregarding vocal support more and more every season in favour of the lazy, detached sitting in silence approach.

Introducing standing areas could be highly beneficial but it would have to be done right. Which it probably wouldn't be.

 

[Wybourn Blade]

Basically, never go anywhere where you have to sit down.

Don't get your tickets where it's highly likely to be populated by BOBs (Boring Old Bastards - who obviously never stood up when they were younger). Unfortunately these types infest the Kop as well as all the other stands, so even if you move to the Kop, you have to go to the back, to be among the pitifully small minority who bother to stand at our home games. Other than that, just go on the back row of the other stands or wherever there's space. There's always somewhere.

Of course you can simply offer to swap seats, but the fuckwits usually respond with something pathetic like "I paid for this one".

Away from home, just go to the back of one of the aisles and squeeze yourself in somewhere.

It's awful how accepted and normal sitting down has become, regardless of stand, regardless of game, regardless of situation. It's a wider football issue but it just feels like our fans are getting less and less passionate, more and more passive, and are disregarding vocal support more and more every season in favour of the lazy, detached sitting in silence approach.

Introducing standing areas could be highly beneficial but it would have to be done right. Which it probably wouldn't be.

You see, I don't mind sitting down. But when there's a penalty or a big chance you have to stand up. Especially like on Saturday everyone stands up once the penalty is given. Because it was an older gentleman I didn't want to be a dick. After seeing the suggestions here I know what I can do. Offering to swap is a good idea tbf and then if they don't want to, they can eff off as far as I'm concerned. I don't mind sitting far back but I really do love the seats on the south stand in the centre and about half way up. You really do get a good view but unfortunately there are the older folk who just don't remember what it was like to be young and expect you to conform to their way. In fact, at the derby the guy behind me when I told him I couldn't see after him telling me to sit down because he couldn't see, told me to tell the guy in front of me to sit down. Just ludicrous. I'm not saying he's any less of a fan than me but why should he be able to see if I sit down and then I have to suffer because the row in front of me is standing. In the end I had to resort to a pitiful half sitting half standing swaying movement to see the penalty which probably made me look like an absolute plonker just because of the old fella behind me. I usually go to the games on my own (apart from Saturday being with the other half) so it's usually awkward if I say something then also as I have no idea if the people around me see me as a "stranger" because I might be sat where they know everyone because they're all season ticket holders.

 

[Keef Chedwyn]

I'm pretty lucky that I'm the end seat in H block so I can stand if I want and my neighbours are sound.

Only problems are that I can't quite see the away fans to do throat slitting/kidney punching gestures and I can't see the mentals in the BLUT.